GIRL Inclusive Education Technical Lead at Federation Handicap International (HI): (Deadline 20 February 2024)

HI Rwanda

FCDO- GIRL

Missions

Mission 1. Providing specialized expertise in the form of policy guidance and technical support to GIRL, the consortium partners and the program in accordance with the technical frameworks and general standards of inclusive education.

1. Provide appropriate technical guidance and support to the project manager, the project members and the consortium partners throughout the project cycle at the field and national levels
2. Performs technical activities or ensures that project(s) activities are implemented in accordance with internal quality and technical standards and suggests improvements as necessary.
3. Adapt the project’s technical documentation as required to the project and Rwanda contexts, in accordance with global technical standards, as well as other institutional policies such as the Disability, Gender and Age policy, the Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment and the child protection policy
4. Coordinate and collaborate with the project’s technical partners, as delegated by the specialist or project manager.
5. Propose research and study topics, conduct research if necessary and supervise data collection.
6. When required, contribute to the writing of new proposals for new opportunities within its technical scope.
7. Produce policy guidance.

Mission 2. Providing project-based technical learning with a global impact

1. Ensure Global and Field Technical Specialists get the information they need and collaborate with technical divisions as needed.
2. Coordinate with headquarters and the regional office to ensure adequate capitalization to improve sectoral method globally and regionally and collect scientific evidence; initiate or test new innovative solutions to address the main challenges concerning inclusive education.
3. Contribute to technical learning under the responsibility of the Specialist or Project Manager, based on best practices.
4. Contribute to the terms of reference for evaluations.

Mission 3. Ensuring the internal technical training of his/her sector or on cross-cutting themes

1. Contribute to technical recruitments, in cooperation with the Field Specialist.
2. Carry out the necessary technical training in inclusive education
3. Contribute to the skills upgrading plan for professionals in its sector and may be a third-party assessor.
4. Contribute to the development of a local talent pool in inclusive education (conducts technical interviews of candidates and makes recommendations, identifies training and coaching needs).
5. Assist in coordinating technical professional development and facilitating a community of practice, in collaboration with the technical division.

Mission 4. Contributing to ensure the external technical influence of HI on inclusive education, in close collaboration with the technical program team

1. Contribute to the outreach of HI expertise: can represent HI technical expertise by delegation in relevant local, regional and international networks and with local partners.
2. Ensure coordination and collaboration with the project’s technical partners, in cooperation with the Field Specialist.
3. Relay and contribute to advocacy messages within its scope of work.
4. Support writing for new project content for the continuity or expansion of the project within its technical scope.

Mission 5. Emergency Preparedness and Response Responsibilities

Contribute to the support or implementation of emergency preparedness actions of the program(s) and, during an emergency, adapts his/her work modality in order to contribute to an effective HI humanitarian response.

The employee is expected to perform other tasks on the top of the aforementioned ones upon request

Knowledge

Know-how (practices)

Interpersonal skills (attitudes)

• Minimum Master Degree, in Inclusive Education, Special Needs Education, Teacher Professional Development or relevant education sciences
• Knows the different schools of thought and models explaining disability and is familiar with the application of certain tools.
• Knows the international frameworks and technical issues of his sector
• Mastery of a speciality of its sector, its managers and how to implement them in a quality approach.
• Knows the networks of actors and professionals inherent to its sector in Rwanda

• At least 7 years of experience in education, ideally in TPD for inclusive education or SNE
• At least 2 years’ experience (as part of 7 years above) working with persons with disabilities, especially children, in the education sector
• Experiences in education related research is a plus
• Produces written and oral project communication in French and English
• Produces clear, concise and responsible communication suited to the interlocutor (adult or child, ministry officials etc.); adapting communication and messages
• Experience in developing new resources or adapting existing resources in order to improve them and/or adapt them to the context, a plus
• Can accompany and motivate a person/group, applying various capacity-building techniques and inclusive pedagogical models
• Knows how to plan, organise and measure its activities by setting clear, specific and measurable objectives and indicators within the given timeframe
• Promotes participation and cross-sectoral cooperation in multi-disciplinary/sector-based work

• Reactivity
• Teamwork/networking, cooperation. Respecting each other’s opinions and valuing each other’s skills for joint action;
• Giving and receiving constructive feedback; exchanging in multidisciplinary teams, networking and collaborating.
• Have an empathetic attitude. Showing interest in what each person experiences and feels, “putting oneself in the other’s shoes” and listening to their needs. Adopting an attitude of acceptance and non-judgement of the person.
• Resilience to stress and uncertainty
• Solution oriented